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Letter from THOMAS E. POWERS to GEORGE PERKINS MARSH, dated June
1, 1858.,
Original located at the University of Vermont's Special Collections in the George
Perkins Marsh Collection, filed by date.,
http://cdi.uvm.edu/collections/item/tepgpm580601 (accessed March 31, 2015)

Letter from THOMAS E. POWERS to GEORGE PERKINS MARSH, dated June
1, 1858.

Transcribed by
:
Ellen M. Thomson and Ralph H. Orth

TEI mark-up by
:
James P. Tranowski andEllen Thomson

Published by: University of Vermont. All rights reserved.

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Vermont Capitol,Superintendent's Office.Montpelier, June 1, 1858

Hon.
Geo. P. Marsh --

Dear Sir

I have this moment returned from Woodstock & find yours of yesterday I have
no means at hand of ascertaining the exact height at which the statue is to
stand from the base of the building, but am quite sure it will be about one
hundred & fifteen feet to the top of the railing The columns are 36
feet, the architrave about 12--the pediment about 10--& 57 feet more to the
top of the railing -- The diameter upon the inside of the railing will be very near
seven feet, but the nearest point in front at which the top of the
railing can be seen I have at present no means of determining The size or height of
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frame work, or pedestal on which the statue is to stand, has never as yet been
agreed upon That can be made as shall be thought best I suppose it should be raised
just high enough above the railing as to expose the feet to view from some point of
observation in the street in front or nearly so --

So far as relates to the material to be used for putting the wood together with, I
am decidedly in favor of thick white lead paint rather than glue The surfaces to be
put together should have one good coat, & thoroughly dried, & then a
very thick coat put on to stick them together with --

I will try to see you in Burlington some day this week --

In haste

T. E Powers

P.S. Mr. Richards writes me that there can be no doubt
that the perspective was drawn showing the cupola over the center
of the pediments as he proposed to place it T.E P